Referendum Day: The Fiscal Treaty
Worries that there would a low turn out due to the good weather were allayed as the rain started to fall, but a new worry of a low turnout due to the rain began to be realized. According to the National Broadcaster, RTÉ, turnout seems to have been low throughout the country because of the weather.
A Yes vote is expected. There have been some media reports to suggest that a secret exit poll by the Government puts the YES vote at 60% a similar figure that had been suggest through out all of the polls carried out by polling agencies in the run up to the referendum. This will be a blow to the NO side, however they can reassure themselves that the final vote will not be known until later today. Counting of votes begins at 9am.
Below the results of polling companies during the campaign: -
| Polling agency | Yes | No | Don't Know |
| Ipsos MRBI/The Irish Times | 39% | 30% | 22% |
| Millward Brown Lansdowne | 37% | 24% | 39% |
| RED C/The Sunday Business Post | 53% | 31% | 16% |
| RED C/The Sunday Business Post | 47% | 35% | 18% |
| Behaviour and Attitudes/The Sunday Times | 42% | 27% | 31% |
| Ipsos MRBI/The Irish Times | 30% | 23% | 47% |
| RED C/The Sunday Business Post | 49% | 33% | 18% |
| RED C/The Sunday Business Post | 44% | 29% | 26% |
| Millward Brown Lansdowne/ Sunday Independent | 37% | 26% | 36% |
| RED C/The Sunday Business Post | 40% | 36% | 24% |